ضَمْرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أُنَيْسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ

[Machine] He said, "O Messenger of Allah, we often find ourselves in the desert and I offer my prayer there with the grace of Allah. So command me to descend one night of this month to the mosque so that I may pray in it." He said, "Descend on the twenty-third night and pray in it. And if you wish to continue until the end of the month, then do so. And if you wish to return to your family, then do so."  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّا نَكُونُ فِي بَادِيَتِنَا وَأَنَا بِحَمْدِ اللهِ أُصَلِّي بِهَا فَأْمُرْنِي بِلَيْلَةٍ مِنْ هَذَا الشَّهْرِ أَنْزِلُهَا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَأُصَلِّي فِيهِ فَقَالَ «انْزِلْ لَيْلَةَ ثَلَاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ فَصَلِّهَا وَإِنْ أَحْبَبْتَ أَنْ تَسْتَتِمَّ إِلَى آخِرِ الشَّهْرِ فَافْعَلْ وَإِنْ أَحْبَبْتَ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَى أَهْلِكَ فَاصْنَعْ»